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618 Reviews (618)
5 Stars
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4 Stars
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3 Stars
165
2 Stars
106
1 Stars
81
Conditions
3.0
Value
3.4
Layout
3.7
Friendliness
4.1
Pace
3.7
Amenities
3.2
67.0%
Recommend this course
402 out of 618 reviews
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3.3
3 Reviews (3)
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4 Stars
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3 Stars
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1 Stars
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Conditions
3.3
Value
3.3
Layout
4.0
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.0
66.7%
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2 out of 3 reviews
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3.4
18 Reviews (18)
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Conditions
3.2
Value
3.5
Layout
3.6
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.4
StaffFriendliness
4.1
72.2%
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13 out of 18 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Municipal
Par 72
Length 6420 yards
Slope 122
Rating 71.1
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Asheville Golf Course
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Course Details

Year Built 1927
Golf Season Year round. Weather permitting
Architect Donald Ross (1927)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range No

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
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3.3
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Played On
Reviews 24
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Perfect weather
Used cart

Fun Day on the course

Played the course for the 3rd time this week and had a great time! Staff is exceptional, greens are perfect. Doing some work on tee boxes but, you tee it up anyway. Fairways are in good shape. 9's are completely different. Front 9 is relatively flat while the back 9 is a roller coaster!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great experience

I was on a short vacation and booked this course, great for the price, they paired me up with a couple and had an outstanding time. The greens rolled good and fast, for the amount of play the course gets. The pro shop should remind everyone , every time to fix their ball marks. Only bad thing was that the groundskeeper burnt up several tee boxes by over fertilizing and no water. But still a great municipal course with a very friendly staff. Dexter paired me up with the right group and I thank you. And the guy inside was supper friendly.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 24
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Walked

Another good day

Played again this week and everything was perfect. Affordable, friendly and great greens.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

New to the area

Because the ladies league business meeting went too long, all the late morning tee times were 45 minutes behind schedule. Pace was slow but enjoyed my round of golf despite having to wait. Great value for the money; starter and pro shop staff were very pleasant.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 24
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great Ross Course

Played the course on Monday 6/18 and thought it was in great shape. Greens are the best in the area! Pace was good. Staff was friendly. Snack bar attendant was pleasant. I have been playing the course for years and it's never been better. Overall a perfect day!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 19
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Beware ticks, poison ivy

I made the mistake of looking for our balls out of the fairway on the back nine. I got home with 4 ticks, 2 attached. The back nine rough borders between 6 inches and waist high. I was told by the pro that Muni was growing some "natural areas." You could bale the rough on 17. Mosquitoes near swamp creek on #4. Three foot poison ivy in edge of woods on 14. Next day was Father's Day tournament. Hope no children got lost in the rough. I think "natural area" means too lazy to mow. I've playing here since 1969 and have never seen it so bad.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 07/06/2018

GPI has real grass on tees. Not sand, hardpan, or crabgrass. Nor does it have temporary tees abounding. I did not see much grass seed on the closed gold tees at Muni. A child could see what's wrong with the pitiful sod job on #9. SHAME !!!

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Commented on 06/27/2018

Played GPI on 6/22. Just so you'll know I didn't drive by. First hole (par 4) has "natural area" right of the green on the other side of the bunker. Much closer to play than any area at muni. Numerous other natural areas (recommended by the USGA) all through the course.

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Commented on 06/26/2018

I suspect u0000843751 is an employee or paid commentor. Muni is in no form or fashion a 5 star course. Or maybe it's the only course he's ever played, and has only seen GPI.

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Commented on 06/25/2018

Don't play Grove Park. They have a lot more "natural areas" and you would be covered in ticks!!

Played On
Reviews 34
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Previously Played

Bad management

This course was taken over by Pope golf. They do not have rangers and many days no starters. Play is crowded with 5 or 6 in a group not uncommon. The course is in bad shape, the sand traps are full of dirt and rocks and the greens have hot spots on them. Pope has shrunken many of the greens because the edges are dying.

They came in ynder the pretense of restoring the course but have done just the opposite. Oh did I mention they cut so many large trees that the city warned them not to chop anymore without their permission?

This course is handy to town and if you can catch it not crowded you can have a decent round. Or it’s good if you literally have all day to play 18 holes. Your call.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Response from on 06/11/2018:
Hello, on behalf of Asheville Municipal Golf Course staff we appreciate you taking the time to address your concerns as we are always looking to improve. We are disappointed to hear that you were not happy with the conditions of the course but still hope you enjoyed your round. Again, we appreciate your feedback and hope to see you again soon.
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Commented on 06/19/2018

Very little, if any, of this comment is true. The greens have not been shrunk. Trees have not been cut down. How does GolfNow allow completely false reviews like this?

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
First Time Playing

Too Pricey for Early Tee Times.

Booked online because of proximity to travel path. Greens were okay but had mower clippings.. Recent rains had left the course wet and most fairways hadn't been recently mowed. Tee boxes were atrocious. They had not been mowed and were bare in most places. Starter let us tee off and then asked if a walking single could join us. What golfer could say no knowing the other player had already been told that he would ask. Fortunately, the golfer was friendly but I didn't drive over 1000 miles to play with someone that didn't arrange a tee time. We had to wait on every hole for a twosome ahead driving a cart. There was a walking five-some ahead of them. We only played nine due to travel plans. The experience was definitely not worth the money spent. Gas cart had ill-adjusted brakes. 90-degree rule was in effect due to recent rains but it appeared we were the only one who knew what that meant. Other carts appeared to ignore it during our nine holes.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Response from on 06/06/2018:
Thank you for taking the time to leave us with a review. We are very sorry to hear that your experience was anything less then 4 stars. We value our customer experience, and will be passing this along to our staff. We hope you were still able to enjoy your day, and that we have you back soon.
Played On
Reviews 181
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Top 100 Contributor
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

4-5 tee boxes are bare

The course is going to have a tough years with tee boxes already a mess...The Saturday mid morning round took 4:55 ...Course needs to be managed...yes I went in and told them about the waiting on absolutely every shot...Some one in charge should step up and manage the course and resold the tee boxes before it gets hot...if we are going to have a 5 star experience

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Response from on 06/05/2018:
Hello, thank you for taking the time to review us, Asheville Municipal Golf Course, in the Asheville, North Carolina area. We're very sorry to hear you may not have had the best recent customer experience with us due to the pace of play, and we greatly appreciate your feedback regarding the tee boxes so we may work towards any necessary improvements. We also appreciate your dedication to playing our course over the years and hope we can continue to provide you with a valuable golf experience. Thank you for golfing with us, and we hope to see you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 37
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

A tale of two nines

Interesting course with very flat, open front nine and a hilly, tight back nine. Course was in decent shape considering the amount of rain recently. Greens were in very good shape. Only drawback was slow pace of play. It took five hours to complete the round.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 181
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Top 100 Contributor
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Ranger needs to step up

Everyone started on the back nine...starting to lose several tee boxes...this does not normally happen until September here...Someone needs to get out of clubhouse and ckout...Love our muni

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 19
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Potential

Many tees devoid of grass. Seed there for weeks, but unwatered. Thanks to recent record rain, perhaps it will germinate now. Rain is how they water. Some of the rough has not been mowed in weeks, making it tough to find your ball. until the rain, the greens were VERY firm, but fast. Now they are slow. This place could be very good with a little manpower. Weedeating needed around all trees,etc. Sad to see what could be so good be so mediocre. Crabgrass coming soon to fill in tee voids.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 05/23/2018:
Hello, thank you for taking the time to review our course, Asheville Municipal Golf Course, in the North Carolina area. We are sorry to see that you may have had a poor customer experience with us and that the course may not have been in the best shape when you played. Any additional feedback is greatly appreciated so that we can improve your experience with us in the future. Thank you for choosing to golf with us and we hope to see you again soon.
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Commented on 05/26/2018

Gil, being a regular here and playing weekly with our men's group, hopefully you have seen a lot of the improvements being made to the course over the past couple years. We are always striving to improve the course conditions and welcome feedback. The next time you are in, let me know and we can sit down and answer any questions you may have regarding our golf course maintenance program. Thanks for the feedback and being a regular here at the Asheville Golf Course.

Played On
Reviews 29
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Good and the Bad

The course was ok greens good tee box bad ...

very slow pace need a RANGER .....tried to Play 18 never made it ??? only 9 ....

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Response from on 05/17/2018:
Hello, thank you for taking the time to review us, Asheville Municipal Golf Course, in the North Carolina area. We're very sorry to hear you may not have had the best recent customer experience with us due to the pace of play, and we greatly appreciate your feedback regarding the rangers so we may work towards any necessary improvements. We also appreciate your dedication to playing our course over the years and hope we can continue to provide you with a valuable golf experience. Thank you for golfing with us, and we hope to see you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great municipal course

This course continues to be improved. Great and friendly staff. Highly recommend playing this course.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Response from on 05/07/2018:
Hello, thank you for taking the time out of your busy day to review your experience with us, we truly appreciate your feedback and will certainly pass it along to our team. We hope to have another opportunity to welcome you back to the 5-star experience that you deserve.
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Slow play/poor customer service

They book way too many tee times. Have no-one managing pace of play. Then refuse a 9 hole raincheck after a 3 hour front nine. Sorry I wasn't ready for a 6 hour round. The course wasn't in very good condition either. Patchy fairways and grass in the bunkers. Definitely not worth $38 on a weekday afternoon. Which is what was quoted to me by the clubhouse. The only plus is it's a Donald Ross design.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
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Commented on 04/18/2018

I am sorry about your experience here. If you could call me directly, I would appreciate getting more information from you regarding when you played. There were no other reports of extreme slow play on the day you said you played, so I just wanted to see where the issue was. The only reason we could not offer a 9 hole raincheck, is if you purchased a 'hot deal' which needs to be worked out with Golfnow, since that is a direct transaction with them. Either way, I would like to make it right for you. We are always striving for improvement in operations and our course conditions. Again, please contact me personally at the Golf Shop and ask for Pat. Thanks

Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Typical muni

Booked through golf now and got a cheap hot deal. I guess you get what you paid for. Course was a little rough. Tee boxes, fairways and greens were average at best. Bunkers were hard, and rough hard, with little if any grass. If you weren't hitting from the fairway it was near impossible to get a clean hit on the ball. Fairways were spotty. The staff was very nice. I wish they had more options for food. They had hotdogs cooking but weren't done unless they nuked them, and one sandwich made. I'll spend a little more sand go somewhere else next time.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Response from on 04/20/2018:
Hello, thank you for taking the time to review our course, Asheville Municipal Golf Course, and for the 3 stars. We're sorry to hear the course may not have been in the best shape on the day of your round, and we appreciate your feedback regarding the course condition so may work on any necessary improvements. It looks like you had a smooth round and a friendly experience with our staff, so we are glad to see that. Thank you for recommending our golf course, in the Asheville area, and we look forward to seeing you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Response from on 04/16/2018:
Hello, thank you for taking the time out of your busy day to review your experience with us, we truly appreciate your feedback and will certainly pass it along to our team. We hope to have another opportunity to welcome you back to the 5-star experience that you deserve.
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Good bargain but fairways need work

Greens way too fast and super-dry. Some trash on back nine greens. Fairways bumpy, grass non-existent in some areas. Knots and clusters of grass, not smooth. Rough was fine, bunkers fine, fairways need work.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 04/16/2018:
Hello Don, thank you for sharing your review, We truly appreciate both your positive and constructive feedback regarding the course conditions and will be sure to pass it along to our team. We’re thrilled to hear that you enjoyed our staff and sceneries at Asheville Municipal Golf Course, and also appreciate your input on our maintenance. We hope to welcome you back for an enjoyable experience on the course in the near future.
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